The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." ~ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1787

The Clinton Campaign was quick to jump on the illegally leaked Trump tax filing with Robby Mook tweeting...

And Hillary following up, adding Trump "apparently got to avoid paying taxes for nearly two decades—while tens of millions of working families paid theirs."

REALLY THEY DON'T KNOW SHIT FROM SHINENOLA ... OPEN MOUTH INSERT BOTH FEET!However, a look back at Hillary Clinton's tax returns from 2015 (here),proudly displayed by the campaign proving she has nothing to hide - shows something awkward on page 17...

While not on the scale of Trump's business "operating loss", Hillary Clinton - like many 'wealthy' individuals is taking advantage of a legal scheme to use historical losses to avoid paying current taxes.

As Bloomberg notes, this federal tax break is among the wealthy's most used avoidance schemes...
Those 1.1 million folks in the 1 percent, as measured by the TPC (NO NOT TPP WITH IS ANOTHER ROYAL SCREW UP), have annual income that averages a little less than $700,000. The top one-tenth of that group, some 110,000 households, average about $3.6 million, according to Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the TPC.2

MR. & MRS. AMERICAThe middle of the pack, some 33 million people, have pretax income ranging from $45,000 to $80,000. The lowest one-fifth of taxpayers, a universe of about 47 million Americans, have income up to about $24,000.

HAPPY TO GIVE ... MR. & MRS. AMERICA'S MONEY TO A WORTHY CAUSE ...

Among the biggest of these givebacks, courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service (well, really Congress), are capital gains and dividends—these are the biggest way the wealthiest benefit.

In the words of Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, "this bombshell report reveals [Hillary Clinton's] past business failures... and may show just how long [Hillary Clinton] may have avoided paying taxes."

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK AND THAT'S NOT RACIST!

WAIT, WAIT ... THAT'S NOT ALL ...Finally, as we noted previously, the NYT itself is also perfectly happy to take advantage of the US tax to minimize the amount of money it pays to the government: in 2014 the company got a tax refund of $3.6 million despite having a $29.9 million pretax profit, an effective negative tax rate for 2014, which it explained was favorably affected by approximately $21.1 million for the reversal of reserves for uncertain tax positions due to the lapse of applicable statutes of limitations. NOW FOR THE POSSIBLE ENDING OF HILLARY